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Grave
Grave
v. t.
To
clean
, as a
vessel
's
bottom
, of
barnacles
,
grass
,
etc
.,
and
pay
it
over
with
pitch
;
so
called
because
graves
or
greaves
was
formerly
used
for
this
purpose
.
Grave
superl.
Of
great
weight
;
heavy
;
ponderous
.
Grave
superl.
Of
importance
;
momentous
;
weighty
;
influential
;
sedate
;
serious
;
said
of
character
,
relations
,
etc
.; as,
grave
deportment
,
character
,
influence
,
etc
.
Grave
superl.
Not
light
or
gay
;
solemn
;
sober
;
plain
; as, a
grave
color
; a
grave
face
.
Grave
superl.
Not
acute
or
sharp
;
low
;
deep
;
said
of
sound
; as, a
grave
note
or
key
.
Grave
superl.
Slow
and
solemn
in
movement
.
Grave
n.
To
dig
. [
Obs
.]
Chaucer
.
Grave
n.
To
carve
or
cut
, as
letters
or
figures
, on
some
hard
substance
; to
engrave
.
Grave
n.
To
carve
out
or
give
shape
to, by
cutting
with
a
chisel
; to
sculpture
; as, to
grave
an
image
.
Grave
n.
To
impress
deeply
(on
the
mind
); to
fix
indelibly
.
Grave
n.
To
entomb
; to
bury
.
Grave
v. i.
To
write
or
delineate
on
hard
substances
, by
means
of
incised
lines
; to
practice
engraving
.
Grave
n.
An
excavation
in
the
earth
as a
place
of
burial
;
also
,
any
place
of
interment
; a
tomb
; a
sepulcher
.
Hence
:
Death
;
destruction
.
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